Judith Lynn Stillman

Renowned for her "sweeping, energy-packed temperament and never-failing vivaciousness," pianist Judith Lynn Stillman has dazzled audiences in the United States, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.

Stillman has an extensive recording career. Her first disc on the North Star Music label has sold over 200,000 copies, her most recent disc won an Indie Award, is featured guest artist on the Borromeo String Quartet's "Living Archive" Series, and her SONY Classical recording with double Grammy award-winner Wynton Marsalis skyrocketed to the Top Ten on the Billboard charts and received rave reviews:

"Stillman and Marsalis make an impeccable duo. The playing consistently dazzles!" -San Francisco Examiner

"Stillman receives equal billing with Marsalis on the cover and deserves it-her playing is crisp and confident." -New York Daily News

"The wonderful Judith Lynn Stillman plays with conviction and insight. Her Honegger is brilliant, her Hindemith a model of clarity."-American Record Guide

Stilllman began playing piano by ear at the age of three, entered the Juilliard School on scholarship at age ten and went on to receive Bachelor's, Masters and Doctoral degrees from Juilliard. She was the youngest person ever admitted to Juilliard's doctoral program, and upon graduation was awarded the Dethier Prize for Outstanding Pianist.

Stillman has been a noted performer at major music festivals including Marlboro where she was selected for "Music for Marlboro" broadcasts. She received three fellowships to the Tanglewood Music Festival. Stillman has been featured annually since 1989 at The Grand Teton Music Festival, and is the pianist-in-residence for the Lancaster Music Festival, where she was voted most popular artist in the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette in 2006. She has received critical acclaim at festivals in Switzerland, France, Costa Rica, and Israel. Stillman was featured at the Grammy's celebration in honor of Rostropovich and at the Oscar's "Academy Awards Uniting Nations" in Hollywood, CA.

She has been heard often on National Public Radio, WQXR, WGBH's 'Morning Pro Musica" and "Classics in the Morning"and on WNCN, WNYC, WCRB, Kol Israel Radio, and as featured artist on NBC-TV.

Winner of 18 national and international competitions including the International American Music Scholarship Association's Artists Competition, The Juilliard Concerto Competition, The National Arts Club Society's Competition, The William Kappell Prize, The Great Neck Symphony Contest, The Five Towns Scholarship and the International Recording Competition, Stillman is sought after as a collaborative artist as well. She has been heard with members of the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, concertmasters of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; the Muir, Tokyo, Moscow and Borremeo String Quartets; the Israel Philharmonic Chamber Players, the Jerusalem Trio, Cho-Liang Lin, Walter Trampler and Wynton Marsalis.

Judith Lynn Stillman is currently Artist-in-Residence and Professor of Music at Rhode Island College, on the piano and chamber music faculties of New England Conservatory, and taught applied piano and chamber music at Brown University. She was named both the Maixner Professor for Outstanding Teaching and the Thorp Professor for Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Activity. In 1997, Stillman was awarded the First Annual Claiborne Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts, along with actor Jason Robards. Last year, Stillman received the honor of performing for White House dignitaries. Stillman was featured in Wynton Marsalis' autobiography, "Jazz and the Bittersweet Blues of Life." Judith Lynn Stillman received extensive media coverage on NBC-TV, ABC-TV, CBS-TV and all major cable networks in performance and interview, along with Herbie Hancock, as sound expert and concert performer for the BOSE Corporation. In 2003, Stillman recorded with famed country fiddler Mark O'Connor for a virtual interactive exhibit at the SONY Wonder Museum in NYC.

Stillman has recently added new dimensions to her career as music director and choral conductor in a number of theatrical, choral and operatic venues including: Music Director and Chorus Master at Operafestival di Roma in Rome and Verona, Italy; Music Director of the award-winning Madrigals Singers in La Jolla (won gold ratings in the Gateway Festivals Competition in Hawaii) ; Music Director for "Don Giovanni," "Cavelleria Rusticana," and musicals including "Annie, " "The Wizard of Oz," "Oliver!"; "Fiddler on the Roof," "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," "My Fair Lady, " "Working," "Oklahoma!," "Street Scene," "On the Town," "A Music Man," "Pippin,"& Music Director for the Torrey Pines Theatre Company and Small Opera of San Diego in La Jolla, CA.